![[instiz] FORMER IDOL NAM TAEHYUN, CANCELS PERFORMANCE… BOOKED FOR DUI WHILE ON SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR DRUG USE](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhwDvtY7nSE9o-VVglGRSHVD3BxO6f3PddM3JsRHECQ0rFAcuUOsidgyKWlowUiaCT7hoLomWZxBNyVVRCC47a8ieqlvdIIJnxMMdEyL8ZvNx3beJo5306qgj6irLg7WuacqTYvxBx0XL09V14HkmMc01LuSmpm5bTO-slNZ5TBNAaK6qOIwPGhz5dUYc6i=w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu "[instiz] FORMER IDOL NAM TAEHYUN, CANCELS PERFORMANCE… BOOKED FOR DUI WHILE ON SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR DRUG USE")
Nam Tae-hyun, a former member of boy band Winner, has been booked for drunk driving while serving a suspended sentence for drug use.
The Yongsan Police Precinct in central Seoul said Thursday that Nam is under investigation for violating the Road Traffic Act for driving under the influence.
Nam is suspected of crashing into a median strip near Dongjak Bridge on Gangbyeon Expressway at around 4:10 a.m. on April 27 while trying to overtake another vehicle.
At the time of the crash, his blood alcohol level was reportedly above 0.08 percent — the threshold for license revocation. No injuries were reported.
The police filed a request for a detention warrant on Friday, but the court rejected it during a hearing on Wednesday, citing insufficient grounds for arrest.
Authorities said they plan to refer the case to prosecutors without detention.
Nam was previously indicted in 2022 for using methamphetamine with TV personality Seo Eun-woo after purchasing the drug via Telegram. He received a one-year prison sentence suspended for two years in January 2023 for violating the Narcotics Control Act.
In March 2023, Nam was also summarily fined 6 million won ($4,030) for a separate DUI incident during an ongoing drug investigation.
CR: Korean JoongAng Daily
1. So he’s really going all out until the end
2. He really can’t seem to get over his art syndrome… The world doesn’t revolve around him. It feels like he keeps mistaking rebellious or offbeat behavior for something only “cool artists” do
3. You’re really making a fuss, Taehyun-ah
4. I thought that he got in his right mind….
5. I knew that he did drugs but he got booked for DUI while being investigated…?
6. You said that you reflected!!!!!!!!!
7. Wow f*ck, he canceled his stage return at a theatre not long ago so was that because of DUI? He’s legendary when it comes to self-sabotage
8. Didn’t he say that he would do his best and live a hard working life???
9. He’s really ruining his only one life he gets to live. Disgusting
10. No but not even drugs again but DUI…. Sigh… how can someone be like that?… Why is he doing this? Seriously